Since Tuesday I've decided it's time for boot camp. Clearly this is not going to be an easy weight loss after giving birth. I will not give up but it is hard to get motivated when I'm sticking to Jenny Craig so diligently and exercising frequently. I have done away with all items that even Jenny Craig deems as "free." Hopefully not forever but at least to get my body out of this rut and onto the next set of tens on the scale. I'm looming around the same number going back and forth since four weeks after I gave birth. Who knows, maybe hormones play a part in all this and they're not normal yet. I need to get the voice out of my head that looks at other new moms with babies around my age and says, "Well, she looks tiny. Why can't I look like that?" I really am my biggest critic. I somehow need to stop being so negative and not compare myself to others. My weight has never been an easy thing to tackle so why would I think that now? Yes, JC has given me all the tools I need to be successful, which is why I thought I could shave down the pounds on my own. But, my metabolism has always seemed to be stubborn so this may be hard work. I took away my morning coffee, my evening diet pop, sugar-free jello, spray butter, and ketchup. Just in case I'm still retaining a lot of water I wanted to do away with all possible avenues to a lot of sodium; at least for the time being. If I can just get down to the next set of 10 on the scale and out of this plateau then cutting away all luxuries was worth it. For some, it may be too drastic but I want to get closer to where I was before pregnancy and this has me extremely motivated. It's all about what matters more to you.